Nana
Author: Émile Zola
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Description: <p><strong>Nana</strong>is one of the most representative works of the writer Émile Zola, French author of the nineteenth century, father of the naturalist movement and its greatest exponent.</p> <p>Nana was published in 1880. The title of the work refers to the nickname given to the protagonist, Anne Copeau, a descendant of the Macquart family line, belonging to the bastard branch of the family, influenced by the defects of genetic inheritance, as indicated by deterministic thinking.</p> <p>This novel belongs to the series Les Rougon-Macquart, a collection of 20 works by this author, among which stand out, along with this one, The Beast Within and Germinal.</p>
Pages: 475
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